Punch-board.



C. GIERATZ.

I PUNCH BOARD. APPLICATION FILED APILZY, I9l 7.

' LQFO WQW 0 PatentedJun'e 25,1918.

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CHARLES GIERATZ, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AssIenoE '10 PROTECTIVE sonar) COMPANY, nor INCORPORATED, A GOPARTNERSHIP coMrosEn or PAUL o. WEBER, M. J. EIscHBAcH, WALTER IsoHBAUI-I, ELIVIER FISCHBACH, AND CHARLES GIERATZ, ALL or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. r 1

PUNCH-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 25, 191%.,

I hppllcationfiled April 27, 1917. Serial No. 164,829.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Grenarz, a

citizen of the United States, and resident, of

Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new 'andusefullmprovements in Punch- Boards; and I do hereby: declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. I a

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in game apparatus, particuboards. 4 l p a It is in general the object of the present invention to greatly improve the construction and efficiency ofall devices of this character so as to prevent unscrupulous persons from'improper y 'using'same;

Devices of this character ordinarily'are constructed from'a board having a plurality of pockets, in each of which a colored pellet larly to that class of devices known as punch is disposed, the latter each indicating a certain value and. being punched from the pockets by the persons using the-board Ordinarily, unscrupulous persons could very readily carry one or'more of the pellets of desired color with themandforce the same through the pockets which have already been punched, and thereby obtain the prizes or the like, which are usually given to the operators of the board, without having punched any of. the pellets from "the board. Theobject of the invention is' carried out by providing a very simply constructed means for preventing any one from forcing a pellet through one of :the pockets of th board from the outside face thereof. i

With this general object in view, the inparts, which will be hereinafter more particularly described, claimed and 1 shown "in' the drawing wherein:

Figure l is the plan view ofthe boardcon- I structed in accordance with "my. invention, parts of the same belng brokenaway to more learly illustrate theimportant fea uresg:

in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is the transverse section taken on the plane of the line 2- -2 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the figures of the/drawing, wherein similar reference characters indicate likeparts, the numeral 1 designates broadly one of my improved punch boards mounted in any suitable form of frame 2. The outer surface of theboar'd is covered with asheet of paper or other posed within the circles 4: are directly above openings fiform'ed through the plate 6 which is ordinarily and preferably formed of a wooden boardj Two other boards or plates 7 and 8 are positioned beneath plate 6, and each has the same number of openings as are formed in the first mentioned plate 6. lhe openings9 in the plate 8 are the same diameter as the openings 5, while the openings 10 1n the plate? are of somewhat larger diameter. All of the adjacent openings in the several boards or plates are alined asshown These three plates may be held together any preferred manner, and thebottom surface of the lowermost plate 8 is covered by i a sheet ofheavy paper or the like 11 inthe same manner that the outer surface Iofthe upper plate 6 is covered. "The icoveringll serves to hold indicatingpellets 12 of various colors within the openings 9, one ofthe pellets being disposed in each opening.

Punch boards of ordinary construction are formed similarly to thedevice above described. In' order to. operate the same it is necessary to insert a suitable instrument of small diameter within any one of the openings, so as to force the'indicating pellet ftherefrom. In] carrying out thisloperation the paper covering 3 over the opening punched is unctured as shown at A, thereby notifying t e next user of the board that in order to forcean indicatingpellet from its pocket or opening 9 itwill benece'ssary "has heretofore beenexperienced, andit is for him to puncture one of the unbroken circles 4. When the pellets have been forced from the, openings, 9 the covering 11 is necessarilyv brokenas indicated at B? in Fig. 2. This'permits a person to readily drop a'pellet of any desired color through an opening which has already been punched; and as; it rolls down to the bottom of the bo'ard,-cla1n1 that he has punched one ofthe openings and is entitled to the prize which the color of the 1 ter-"of :these: disk'sx'is"substantiallyequal to' 'the. diameter of said. openings and therefore are larger thanthe openings 5 and 9. so that theyrare alwaysin positiontoi prevent any instrument or article from being inserted intorthe. openings'9 and through the lower ends thereof; An elongated projection or stud-14 is carried by one face of .eaeh'of the disks: '13," said" studs engaging the pellets 12 as clearly shovv1'1in"Fig.'2;' Before. any of; the circles F4: rarewpunchedi' the disks 13 "are disposed at: the tops of the openings: "10, v and' the studs 14 for the majorportion of their length also positioned within said 0penings'110; When the instrument 'provided has been'inserted through one 'of 'the.

openings'finanol pressed inwardly until it engages the-diskil'3. in the adjacent opening 1 10,-'continued.pressure' of the instrument Will force the pellet'through the "covering 11, Whereuponthe disk and its stud drops down as sh own in Fig. 2." If any" one: nowrendeavors'toinsert 'a pellet through an opening which has already been punched,fi.it= will l'odgein "the portion-10rther'e0f and not pass entirely through the board as was formerly 1th:-case-..- Each of the studs 14 is of 'a diameter slightly smaller than the openings 9F and "they are" disposed "substantially cenreadily slide through and'engagethe pellets. Thesimple 'prov-ision'of the headed studs very efi'ectively overcomes a diiiiculty-Which obvious that it Will be impossible; for any one togcheat a board constructed in accordance Wl'lih the inventi-onb All of the parts 'areof very simpleyconstrnctionand "the total cost I ofal board o'fithis typ'e will only beslightly greater than that oftlie old 'type'of board. The headed studs may vvellbe rivets of appropriate 'size. "-After' all ofthe circles 4 have been punched the emptyjboa rd maybe returned" to: the manufacturers thereof and again filled Withthe pellets-l2; thus it will .a member 'disposedacross said opening to be seen that one board may be used a great many times.

Havingthus described my invention What Iclaim asnew is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a plate having a transverse opening formed therethrough, a covering for one end of the opening, an indicating device in the opening, and means for preventing the insertion'of an article through said opening.

2...A device of the class described coinprising a plate having a transverse opening formed therethrough, a coveringior one end of the opening, an indicating device in the opening; andia'. member disposed across said opening to prevent the insertion of an article therethrough.

3'." A} device of the class described, comprising a plate having'an opening formed therethrougln the intermediate portion of the opening being enlarged, a coveringfor one end of the opening, an indicating device in the opening, and a'disk disposed'ilrsaid enlarged portion and extending across the opening to prevent the insertion-of an article therethrough.

4.- The combination with a plate having a transverse opening formed therethrough, and an indicating device in said opening of means forforcingsaiddevice from the opening; and" a member connected with said means to prevent the insertion of an article through said opening:

5. The combinationwitha plate having a transverseopening formed therethrough, and "antindicating device insaid opening, of

prevent; l the insertion of I an article therethrough; and an =elongated' projeetion carr1ed bytheimember to force the indicating devicefirom 's'aid opening;

GJThe combination with a lat having a transverse opening formed therethrough and an indicating device in said opening, of a disk movable longitudinally of said openingand-"adapted to preventthe insertion of" an article therethi'ough, and a "stud secured to" one side of said disk centrally thereof to engage and force said indicating device from said opening;

- 'TI-Tlie combination with a plate having a transverse opening; formed, therethrough, the intermediate-portion of the opening'being enlarged; and an indicating device in said *openi'ng; of a disk movable longitudinal-ly i'n said enlarged, portioin said disk' beingof larger'dialneterthan the ends of the opening and adapted to prevent the insertion of an article therethrough. and a stridsecured to one side of said dis k 'ccntra-llythereof to engage and force the indicating device'from-the opening.

8'.'Ii1"a 'de'vic'e'of the class described; a

punch board comprising a pair of plates having alined openings therein, an additional plate disposed between the pair of plates and having an opening of larger diameter than the first mentioned openings and alined therewith, a covering over the outerend of the opening in one of said pair of plates, an indicating member in the last mentioned openings, a disk in the opening in the additional plate, and a stud carried 10 by the disk and engageable with the indicating member to force the same through said covering and out of its opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, 15 in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

CHARLES GIERATZ.

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